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It’s been several years since I posted about Tzuri Gueta’s jewelry – a recent visit to his website shows he’s been quite busy creating jewelry, textiles and furniture.

Using a technique he developed and patented, Gueta and his team inject silk with silicone to create a unique type of textile he calls Silicone Lace. No machines, no molds, all handmade.

Gueta, who likes silicone for its strength and flexibility, has created an impressive collection – do check all of his catalogues for a bevy of unusual shapes and sizes. The colors POP. The shapes bring to mind sea life and pods. The flexibility of the material is sexy. Love.

Get a closer look at Gueta’s work and process in the two videos below:

I wasn’t able to find much information about Anna Silberstein, but from what I pieced together (oh, Google Translate, sometimes you make me chuckle) it looks like she engraves shoji acrylic to create many of her pieces.

We are switching it up here on DAM! Until life returns to a more gentle rhythm for daMuse my posts will be mostly WEEKLY instead of DAILY. That’s a full weekly dose of inspiration for you in one post. WAM!

Jewelry is a huge category – in future posts I will break it down into manageable bites – perhaps by medium or by type. This week I simply chose five jewelry artists whose work made me want to know more about the process, the message or the form. So what do these five artists have in common? They caught my discerning eye!

Shiying Gao’s transformation of a humble material is astounding. The artist carves and dyes recycled plastic bottles, forming jewelry like the rings below. Reminiscent of delicate flower petals, in this case an orchid or a rose. So lovely.

Shiying Gao

Wood and precious metals are Daniel Dicaprio’s materials of choice when creating jewelry. Representative of the ‘vaguely biological’ forms he prefers, the two pieces pictured here were crafted using Ebony and silver.

Daniel DiCaprio

Lauren Vanessa Tickle patiently and painstakingly cuts currency, setting the money into metal to make a statement about value. I love the complex shapes, the swirls, the hint of motion.

Lauren Vanessa Tickle

Husband and wife team Alice and Jakub Wyganowski have been collaborating on jewelry design for thirty years. I am drawn to the pieces in their collection that offer soft curves and subtle movement.

Alice and Jakub Wyganowski

Finishing where we started, let’s take a look at another artist who uses recycled plastic to create jewelry. Kristin D’Agostino cuts, scores, pierces and arranges plastic take-out containers in pleasing patterns and shapes in her Take Out series. The brooches have a decidedly Asian feel to them and immediately bring to mind Japanese paper fans and kimono fabric.

WordPress Basics eClass

August is almost half over. . .how did that happen? What’s on the schedule for you as we get ready to move into another season? Are you ready to create a showcase and share your art with the world?

Good. It’s time.

The world needs your art and art needs to be SEEN to be SOLD.

Register for the September session of WordPress Basics, the eCourse that teaches artists to create a WordPress website.

daMuse (that’s me!) holds your hand and guides you every step of the way! The WordPress Basics class helps you save money (no need to hire a web designer) and lets you take control of your online presence (this is so important, really).